Princess Jingyin seemed to have made up her mind, and glanced at the king and Zhuang Ji and said, "General Zhuang, if this princess recommends it...... Recommend...... I myself am willing to follow the general to your westward expedition against the Qin army, will you agree? ”

King Qingxiang looked at her in amazement.

"This ......," Zhuang Ji said hesitantly, "the princess is as precious as jade, how can she go to the front line to take risks?" You must know that this expedition to the west is not to play in the mountains and rivers, but to fight sword to sword with the army of Qiang Qin, sword to sword, and to sacrifice your life to recapture the city occupied by Qin. ”

Princess Jingyin was about to open her mouth to defend herself, when King Qingxiang waved her hand: "Okay, let's not talk about it, let's go to the dinner." ”

In order to send off Zhuang Ji and lead his troops to the west to conquer the Qin army and recover the lost city of Chu, King Qingxiang held a grand bonfire dinner in the back garden of the palace in Yingdu.

This back garden is semi-open, and there is a large hill behind the garden, which was the hunting ground of the Chu kings of the past dynasties. Wild mountains, wild trees, wild grasses and wild flowers, exclusively for the members of the royal palace to go out and have a picnic.

At the beginning of the dinner, I saw Kaki dancers in ultra-short colorful skirts dancing in front of Zhuang Ji one after another like cute little swans.

King Qingxiang, who accompanied Zhuang Ji, said with a smile: "Zhuang Aiqing, how do you see them dancing?" ”

"Well, thanks to the blessing of the king, I can see this fairy-like dance for the first time in my life."

King Qingxiang said happily: "Okay, when you finish enjoying this beautiful dance, how about the Lone King order them to dance with Zhuang Aiqing again?" ”

Zhuang Ji said with a spring breeze on his face: "As long as the king is happy, he will not give up." ”

"Haha......" King Qingxiang laughed and said, "Zhuang Aiqing is really a hero, and he will not hesitate to drill into the pile of beauties." ”

"No, no, no, the king misunderstood." Zhuang Ji quickly corrected, "What Ji said is that he will not hesitate to recover the country." ”

"Look at what scares you, isn't it so afraid to drill into the pile of beauties?" King Qingxiang raised the bronze double-headed bird's head wine glass and said, "Zhuang Aiqing, the great cause of King Lone's recovery of Western Chu is entrusted to you." Come, in order to wish you a victory, the Lone King will give you a glass. ”

Zhuang Ji also picked up this noble bronze double-linked bird's head wine glass, and touched the wine glass of King Qingxiang "dang" and said: "Please rest assured, as long as you make contributions to the country, you will not hesitate to go to the soup and fire." ”

King Qingxiang said with interest: "Okay, the lonely king likes to listen to this." He shouted to the musicians on stage, "Drumming and fireworks." ”

For a while, the whole garden was noisy with gongs and drums, and fireworks and flames flew into the sky, as if you were in a colorful sky.

King Qingxiang walked up to the stage briskly, pressed down with both hands flat, and signaled everything to stop.

Then, he said loudly: "Tonight, King Gu will give a special gift to Zhuang Ji, the general of the Western Expedition. ”

All the people who attended the banquet couldn't help but "snap...... Snap ......" applauded.

Zhuang Ji didn't expect that the king would personally give himself a gift on such a big occasion. Seeing so many people applauding him, he stood up and thanked everyone.

King Qingxiang held the gift in his hand and said: "In recognition of Zhuang Ji Aiqing's patriotism and dedication, courage to go west, and the spirit of not being afraid of sacrifice to recover the land, the Lone King specially gave Zhuang Aiqing a bronze tripod to show that he exercises the highest power to recover the land on behalf of the Lone King." ”

Zhuang Ji took over the important weapon of the country, which symbolized the supreme power, and excitedly shouted: "It is up to you to recover the lost land." ”

"Aha...... Aha...... Aha......"

Suddenly, a large number of people rushed out of the hill behind the garden, and they did not speak, but shouted "aha, aha, aha" as they rushed.

When King Qingxiang found out, he immediately drew the sword on his body and said sharply: "Who is it? The guards are on board. ”

Strangers rush in suddenly, causing chaos in the scene.

The careful Zhuang Ji saw that King Qingxiang had drawn his sword, subconsciously blocked the king with his body, and comforted: "The king can rest assured, there is a foot, and the king will be able to ensure that the king is safe and sound." ”

At this time, hundreds of guards had already run to the center of the dance arena with different weapons such as large swords, axes, swords, halberds, etc., and surrounded the king of Qingxiang, forming a security wall like an iron bucket.

The captain of the palace guard said: "Report to the king, the guards are here to receive the order." ”

Unexpectedly, King Qingxiang was furious, kicked away the captain of the guard, and shouted: "Make you big, why don't you go and stop the thieves rushing down from the mountain, you ran here to find death?" ”

"Aha...... Aha...... The sound of "Aha......" was getting closer and closer, and people could be seen, and they could be vaguely seen wearing soldiers' clothes.

The captain of the guard prompted: "My lord, those people who are ahaha are not thieves, but soldiers. ”

King Qingxiang was surprised and said, "What? There's an army invading? Which way? ”

Sure enough, someone in the crowd shouted, saying that they had seen the terrible appearance of the people rushing from the hills, and shouted in panic, "Look, they are waving their long grasses, and their teeth and claws are dancing, as if they were in a no-man's land......"

When King Qingxiang heard this, he said sharply: "Guards, hurry, no matter who it is, resist the lonely king." ”

The captain of the guard led his men straight to the invading soldiers, but when they arrived, they found nothing.

Zhuang Ji felt strange and shouted to the audience: "What about Xiaobu and Ding Huaiyue? Come out and search, and I don't believe they will evaporate. ”

But no one in the audience answered.

Zhuang Ji thought to himself, strange, what about the two of them? He turned to the king and said, "Don't be afraid, king, I feel that these 'ahahaha' people are not like enemies, they may be a performance team organized by the residents of the city to share the joy with the king." ”

King Qingxiang categorically denied: "Where, where." Since the Lonely King, there has never been a habit of rejoicing with the inhabitants. The lonely king is the king, how can he be happy with the people? ”

At this time, the captain of the guard hurriedly ran over and said respectfully: "Report to the king, I have searched all the sites below, and no abnormalities have been found. The king can rest assured that the party hall has been safely extended outward to ensure that even flies cannot fly in. ”

"Well, that's good." King Qingxiang said with satisfaction, "Zhuang Aiqing, King Gu said that you should dance with the most beautiful dancing girl, now it's okay." ”

And the dancing girl who was called the most beautiful by the king also looked at Zhuang Ji with hot eyes at this time.

At this time, Zhuang Ji didn't have the heart to dance at all. His eyes were always around the dinner, trying to find something. The beautiful dancer boldly approached Zhuang Ji and wanted to take his hand into the dance hall.

Zhuang Ji dodged and said, "Thank you, it's all the king's kindness." But he is dull and not good at dancing. ”

Gentle music resounded in the dinner room, dancers danced, chatters laughed. Everyone seemed to have returned to the previous joy, especially the king of Qingxiang threw away Zhuang Ji, led the most beautiful dancer into the stage, suddenly grabbed her with his hand, and raised her to the top of his head and turned, the dancer's skirt fluttered like a color disc.

When the audience saw this, they couldn't help but applaud, and some people shouted: "The king, the king, the king, the king The king is the king, the king is strong, the state of Chu is the state of Chu, the state of Chu is prosperous, and the country of Chu is ......"

This frantic chanting and singing brought the dinner party to a climax.

At this moment, hundreds of soldiers suddenly stood up next to the people at the dinner, and they held hands and surrounded the people at the dinner, shouting "Aha...... Aha...... Aha......"

King Qingxiang was surprised again: "Who is this?" What about the guards? His arm went limp, and the beautiful woman holding it high fell.

Zhuang Ji's eyes were quick, and he stepped up with an arrow, bent down and spread his two arms forward, and the beautiful woman who was about to land on the ground landed firmly on his arm.

The beauty quickly lowered her face, as if she was shy, and wanted to hide Hua Rongyue's face.

But Zhuang Ji only glanced at it, and then he was shocked, and couldn't help whispering: "Why are you?" Aren't you locked up? How did you get out? If the king finds out, it will be a fatal thing. ”

The beautiful woman hurriedly covered Zhuang Ji's mouth with her hand, broke free and stood firmly, and whispered, "Brother Zhuang, don't make a noise, Ah Cai will follow you to fight." After saying that, he ran to the girls of the dance team.

Zhuang Ji calmed down for a moment, protected King Qingxiang again, and shouted to the group of unknown people: "My friend has good wine, if it is a jackal, tiger and leopard, I have a sword to send him away." ”

"Haha...... The king is happy, the king is happy. The crowd ignored the solemn and continued the revolution and shouted rhythmically.

Listening to the shout, Zhuang Ji seemed to understand a little, and his arm slightly loosened from King Qingxiang and said: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, listen to their slogans, it means that they have no malice, and they are here to bless the king." ”

King Qingxiang also felt the kindness of these people, and was no longer afraid, but further released his kindness and said: "Everyone, all who come are guests, and those who are happy are friends, and the lonely king will treat each other with courtesy and celebrate with wine." Friends, everyone drink. ”

The captain of the guard hurriedly ran to King Qingxiang's side: "Report to the king, what's wrong?" ”

"Do you want to report it?" King Qingxiang said angrily, "You seekers have lurked around the Lone King, but what about you? But he ran to a place far away from the lonely king to keep it safe. You say, why did the Lone King raise you useless things? ”

"Tell the king, we are guards, not things." The captain of the guard corrected.

The security guard's words provoked King Qingxiang to laugh and said, "You are not a thing, and you are right." To be precise, you are not really a thing. ”

"Haha...... You're not a thing, you're a thing, you can't. Zhuang Ji explained, "The king is joking with you, but in fact, you are all things. ”

The chief of the guard stubbornly corrected Zhuang Ji: "Report to the general, we are not things. ”